The last one reminds me of my son's baptism cake. I decided to borrow my mother-in-law's antiquated lamb pan (reminds me--there's a 3-D lamb cake looming up this weekend) and make a nice meringue-frosted lamb cake. It was pretty cute until I decided to brown the meringue and got carried away with the culinary blowtorch...

Amanda Mac, Lorein, Amy ~The 5th cake is supposed to be a rabbit's head and the thing at the bottom is a polka dot bow tie around it's neck. Think 'Roger Rabbit'. The gray stuff in the middle are whiskers that bleed everywhere.

that cute poor little lamb. is that strawberry cake? I love how he's sitting on a bed of parsley, and that a leaf is hanging out of his mouth as he nonchalantly has a snack while being carved up, with an expression on his fondant face like, "What?"

wv: funrock. edible pebbles. or an amusement park for the Flintstones.

I think it's safe to say that Easter cakes are the most disturbing cakes. Why would you think it's okay to cut up a baby lamb like that? Talk about destroying a kid's view- you may as well say the Easter bunny doesn't exist!

WOW MEOW! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Monty Python references .. and now that I have stopped crying with laughter .. I just have to ask .. what on earth would possess ANYONE to make that lamb cake?! Talk about traumatizing your kids! Sheesh! Thank you so much for posting these pics & the comments .. I needed a good laugh .. Ally (Allycat) Coe =^.^=

Even if I were to ignore the horrific blue-eyed orange lamb thing from hell, why would you need to decorate brownies? Is there no baked good safe from the sugar-choked icing frenzies of the mad wreckerator? It's a BROWNIE, already covered in CHOCOLATE ICING. Go have your CCC (ptooie) but leave my brownies alone!!!!!

And I too wonder at why that poor rabbit has a 'third foot', or maybe it's just a handy pocket...

Marginally off topic, but there really is a killer rabbit - on the facade of the cathedral in Amiens, France. It is part of a carved depiction of "cowardice" within the central doorway and shows a knight dropping his sword and running away from a rabbit.

And I like that last lamb cake. But I'm the odd one in my family.LittleRed1

The lamb chop cake is just.. no. I've always wondered how creepy it would be to cut into a cake that looked like a cute animal. Now I KNOW I only want plain sheet cakes for my birthdays for the rest of my life!

I am totally reminded of Donnie Darko, a movie I wish I could unsee as much as I wish I could unsee these cakes.

I am also reminded of my time spent in Buffalo, NY, especially in the incredibly fabulous Eastern European market (underground, in a somewhat-secret location, with food and gifts that would make you think you are actually in Russia, Poland, and the like). Every Easter they had butter. In shapes. Many almost identical to that last cake. So, would you like to slice the lamb or scrape it's immaculately sculpted "wool" off it's back and put it on your rolls?

And here I was thinking I might get lucky and have Easter week without a lamb cake wreck! I was so so wrong lol. Those evil wreckerators love making me squirm at their lambs. The bunnies and erm rolly polly things too.

Ok, leaving aside number 5's excess of nipples on his gray furry chest, and not even discussing the horror going on between his feet....WHY does he have a fountain of brain matter squirting out of his head???

Is 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' really that obscure these days? I thought for sure there would be a Roger Rabbit EPCOT regarding cake #5 and yet it looks like only one other person mentioned it! Hmm. Do I need to reevaluate my life if Roger was the first thing I thought of?

Its funny...reading these comments about cake #5, I realize I didn't even notice the offending (and offensive) egg/private part debacle. I was too distracted by THE GIANT UTERUS AND FALLOPIAN TUBES on the bunny's head. Does no one else see the resemblance???

okay I am thinkin someone saw steel magnolias a few too many times..... sure the lamb is cuter than an armadillo cake but....ew...lmao who am I kidding I love it I want it... and the parsley....well that was kinda wrong I mean who wants to eat a cute defenseless lamb chompin on its dinner?

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